Scores injured in early morning accident at Witeithie.

Two of the vehicles that were involved in an accident near Witeithie Estate on Monday morning.

Three people were this morning seriously injured and several
others slightly injured when a trailer rammed into several matatus at Witeithie
stage in Juja along the Thika Superhighway.

According to eyewitness accounts, the trailer rammed onto
several matatus which were collecting passengers on the edge of the road,
dragging them several metres away.

“I was offloading cakes from one of the matatus packed at
the stage when I heard a loud bang. The trailer hit one of the matatus from the
rear, pushing it forward and subsequently hitting other vehicles,” said Joseph
Kibe, a tout operating at the bus stop.

Joshua Mwangi said that the impact of the bang dragged the
14-seater matatus, extensively damaging some of them and injuring commuters who
were aboard the affected matatus.

He added that, in the ensuing confusion, the driver of the truck
jumped from the moving vehicle and escaped.

A woman who was supplying cakes had her leg crushed. Two other
men sustained serious head and chest injuries and were rushed to Thika Level
Five Hospital.

The accident that occurred around 7am caused a heavy jam
which lasted for about two hours.